Leaf Art for Preschoolers.

Autumn is finally here and as we walk the dog we can see the leaves changing colour almost before our eyes. For this week’s theme of Leaves for the Virtual Book Club for Kids, we are working on some prewriting practice. This is an activity that is just perfect for this theme and you don’t have to worry what type of leaves you have because I’ve given a handy alternative especially for the more tropical and southern hemisphere readers. So onto our Leaf Art, with prewriting patterns to go with the featured book this week Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.

Making Leaf Art with prewriting patterns

Download and print the Prewriting pattern dice (see above for the link).

Cut it out and glue it together – or use double sided sticky tape as this seems to work really well with no time waiting for glue to dry.

Preschooler practising writing with patterns to decorate leaves

Start off by drawing with a metallic marker along the veins of the leaf this will section the leaf.

Roll the pattern dice and draw the matching patterns on the leaf.

Roll the dice and the top pattern fill in one of the sections of the leaf with that pattern.

Preschoolers creating Leaf Art to improve writing skills.

Once that section is full roll the dice again and fill in another section

Pretty decorated leaves for autumn. A fun art project that helps with writing skills for preschoolers.

An alternative is to fill each different leaf with the different patterns and then create a display check out some of the ideas for display on our Crafts with Real Leaves post.

Metalic decorated leaves.

Books About Leaves to Read Alongside this Leaf Art Project

Books about leaves and autumn for preschoolers

We have a list of recommended books for Autumn and Leaves check out the post to discover more books for autumn reading with your toddlers and preschoolers this week.

Leaf Man Based Activities

Each week we will be sharing additional activities created by the co-hosts of the Virtual Book Club for Kids specifically for the week’s themed books. I try and separate these out into subjects to make it easier for you to pick and choose those most relevant to your child. So here are this week’s Leaf Man, based activities.

Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn’t have to be put on hold and you don’t just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.

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Oh these are so pretty – and what a fun way to practice writing skills. I wonder if it would work with chalk pens? We have some lovely bright ones that would look great against the autumn colours around right now. Thanks for joining in with #NaturallyCrafty again 🙂

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